Aid and refreshment
The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. ~ Psalm 146:8 (NLT)
Jesus stood up and shouted, "If you are thirsty, come to me and drink!" ~ John 7:37 (CEV)
Lord, thank you for caring about those who are worn-out and worn-down. I feel that way a lot of the time. But I don't always take advantage of your offers for aid and refreshment. I too quickly look for other "distractions" to ease my pain -- to make me feel better. Please help me to break this pattern. I want to depend on you and you alone. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
